Media Advisory: 8 October 2010

ICC - The Appeals Chamber will deliver its Judgment in the Bemba case on Tuesday, 19 October

Media Advisory: 08.10.2010


The Appeals Chamber will deliver its Judgment in the Bemba case on Tuesday, 19 October

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Situation: Central African Republic
Case: The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo 

On Tuesday, 19 October, 2010, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is scheduled to deliver its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against the decision of Trial Chamber III entitled ‘Decision on the Admissibility and Abuse of Process Challenges’.

On 24 June, 2010, Trial Chamber III had dismissed the admissibility and abuse of process challenges, raised by the Defence. The latter filed an appeal against this decision on 28 June.

The Judgment will be delivered in open court, starting at 10:00 a.m. (The Hague local time). The session will be transmitted with no delay via web streaming on the ICC website:

Courtroom I (English): http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc1.asx

Courtroom I (French): http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc2.asx

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is alleged to be criminally responsible for having effectively acted as a military commander within the meaning of article 28(a) of the Rome Statute for two crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three war crimes (murder, rape and pillaging) allegedly committed on the territory of the Central African Republic during the period approximately between 26 October, 2002 and 15 March, 2003.


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